⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The public has been saturated with wall-to-wall Royal reporting since the death of Elizabeth II so an evening of theatre derived from regal history might not be an easy sell. However, Rona Munro’s latest …
Review: Don Quixote: The Man of Clackmannshire, Dundee Rep
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Throw out any preconceived ideas about Don Quixote for this Dundee Rep production, in conjunction with Perth Theatre, breaks the mould in many ways in an entertaining retelling of a centuries-old classic. The premise …
Review: Bold Girls, Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse
⭐️⭐️⭐️ More than three decades after its premiere, Rona Munro’s Bold Girls returns to its roots at Cumbernauld Theatre. Following Marie, her best pal Cassie and Cassie’s mum Nora, Bold Girls tells of how these …
Kidnapped – a riotous retelling of a classic, touring the UK
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novella is touring Scotland and Northern England in a riotous new retelling in 2023. This swashbuckling new production from the National Theatre of Scotland, adapted by Isobel McArthur with Michael John McCarthy, …
Review: Beautiful, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ She penned some of the most iconic songs of the 60s and 70s – but her personal rise to stardom was far from a fairytale. In this revival of Douglas McGrath’s Beautiful, the story …
Review: Girl from the North Country, Theatre Royal Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Under the cloud of the impending Depression in 1930s America, Girl from the North Country opens the doors on a dysfunctional B&B and its larger-than-life inhabitants. As a lifetime of financial woes catch up …
Review: Beautiful, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ She penned some of the most iconic songs of the 60s and 70s – but her personal rise to stardom was far from a fairytale. In this revival of XX’s Beautiful, the story of …
Opinion: Has the Edinburgh Fringe bubble burst?
After a pandemic-induced cancellation and a significantly scaled back return, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe returned last month. The Fringe programme was back to around 90% of it’s pre-pandemic levels. But has the Fringe itself gone …
Review: Rock of Ages, King’s Theatre Glasgow
⭐️⭐️ You would be forgiven, when flicking through the programme before the curtain rises, for looking forward to Rock of Ages as it hits the King’s Theatre this week. The show has a killer set …
Review: Rob Madge: My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?), Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The theatre is a place where performers become anyone they want to be. But My Son’s A Queer shows the most moving pieces of theatre take place the person on stage is exactly themselves. …